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Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1964. Octavo. Soft cover. Flat signed by Baldwin on the title page. Covers are mildly rubbed and worn. Minor foxing along the top edge of the text block. Book is in very good condition. A scarce gem signed by the indomitable, unflappable, and irreplaceable James Baldwin.

A classic of the civil rights movement, 'The Fire Next Time' is a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice which consists of two essays: 'My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,' and 'Down At The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind.'